WORKSHOPS, UK

Volunteering | Festival of Architecture

Edinburgh, Scotland | 2016

Workshops for school children (P7) throughout the month, as part of RIAS Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh. Involving school groups and families in re-imagining the distinctive Edinburgh-built environment through a process of learning, exploring, designing and making! These were month-long workshops with school group visits during the weekdays and open family drop-in sessions at the weekends. The sessions began with the children learning about the fascinating history of Edinburgh’s Old Town and New Town, before being challenged to design, build and present their design for one of these unique parts of the city! Over the course of the month, we saw a brand new Edinburgh develop as more of these models were added to a final public exhibition, allowing the children to experience their own designs in the context of others and the way the built environment around us comes together. The Festival is a major, year-long, Scotland-wide celebration led by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland which brings Scottish architecture to life and was a key part of the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.

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